president obama and house speaker john boehner are rejecting each other's latest compromise proposals for avoiding the fiscal cliff. the president initially wanted to hike taxes on people with incomes of more than 250- thousand dollars. now he's raising that to 400- thousand. boehner has offered to raise taxes on people making one million dollars. the white house says boehner's proposal doesn't address the nation's fiscal issues. boehner says the president isn't offering deep enough spending cuts. he was a world war two hero.. a clinton is at home recovering from a concussion last week. it is not clear when she will personally testify to congress. he was a world war two hero.. a champion for veterans' rights and the most senior member of the u-s senate. senator daniel inouye has died. inouye represented hawaii continuously since it first achieved statehood in 1959. first in the u-s house, and then in the senate. he won his ninth senate term in 2010. inouye lost his right arm during a world war two battle in italy. he was awarded the medal of honor the nation's highest honor for valor.